Unrestricted gifts provide the Foundation with the resources and flexibility to meet ever-changing needs of our community—including future needs that often cannot be anticipated at the time the gift is made. These funds allow us to respond to the community’s most pressing needs and compelling opportunities, today and tomorrow.

50+ Men Who Care Fund
100+ Women Who Care Fund
Becker Family Fund
Bicentennial Fund
BloomBank Community Fund
Bohrer-Howard Fund
Burns McRobbie Family Fund
Carol and Mayer Maloney Fund
Carol M. Shapiro Fund
Cassady Unrestricted Fund
Claflin Unrestricted Fund
Cockerham Family Unrestricted Fund
Curry Auto Center Unrestricted Fund
Daisy Hinkle Garton Fund
Doris Seward Fund
Dorothy Frapwell Unrestricted Fund
Ethelyn Bergevin Unrestricted Fund
Fitzgerald Unrestricted Fund
Frisbie Family Fund
George and Viola Taliaferro Fund
German American Bancorp Community Fund
Gros-Louis Unrestricted Fund
Halder J. and Florence Catherine Palmer Fund
Herald-Times Fund for Bloomington and Monroe County
Herman B Wells Fund
Jack Harlow Fund
Kanne Unrestricted Fund
LeBien Unrestricted Fund
Mary Strain Rash Fund
Matthew Kovach Memorial Unrestricted Fund
Olcott Unrestricted Fund
Phil and Margaret Hathaway Unrestricted Fund
Shindell Unrestricted Fund
SIHO Insurance Services Fund
Smithville Telephone Company Unrestricted Fund
Stephens Family Memorial Fund
Stevens Family Unrestricted Fund
Team Erin
Tichenor Unrestricted Fund
Unrestricted Endowment Fund

Donor Advised Funds give donors the opportunity to play an active, personal role in their charitable giving. Each year, donors recommend a use for grants from the fund while relying upon the Foundation’s staff for expertise in fund administration, record keeping, investing and grant making. These funds offer the ability to involve an entire family or group in making grant recommendations and can pass on to future generations if desired. In addition to many anonymous family funds, the following advised funds have been established:

Agency and designated funds allow you to direct your gift to a specific agency or purpose. Almost any 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization may be designated to receive support for its mission. You identify the recipient(s) you wish to benefit through your gift and our staff manages the annual distribution of funds from the endowment.  More than 50 local nonprofits benefit from funds at the Community Foundation.

Amethyst House Fund
Area 10 Agency on Aging Fund
BDLC Fund for Tomorrow
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Monroe County Fund
Bloomington Community Band Fund
Bloomington Parks & Recreation Foundation Fund
Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington Fund
Branch Fund for the Monroe County Humane Association
Branch Non-Permanent Fund
Brown’s Woods Endowment Fund
CASA Endowment Fund
Community Kitchen Fund
Crisis Pregnancy Center Fund
Doris Seward Fund for Monroe County Historical Museum
Dyslexia Education Fund for Pinnacle School
Ellettsville Main Street Fund
Family Resource Center Fund
Farmer House Museum Fund
Foundation of MCCS Library Fund
Franklin Initiative Fund
Frank Nelson Young, Jr. Fund
Fred Seward Nature Preserve Fund
George E. Archer Foundation, Inc. Endowment Fund
Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County Fund
Harmony School Endowment Fund
Ilknur Premo Ralston Memorial Scholarship Fund for Leadership Bloomington Monroe County
Ivy Tech Endowment Fund
Jane A. Gouker Endowment for the Hoosier Youth Philharmonic
Jane and Jerry McIntosh Fund
Jane L. Enoch Scholarship Fund (for Bloomington Montessori School)
Joan Burton Memorial Fund for Stone Belt Arc
Joan Scully Carmack Endowment Fund (for Girls Inc.)
Kay Dinsmoor Fund
Language Conservancy Endowment Fund
Latimer Woods Endowment Fund
Lenore Anderson Endowment
LIFEDesigns
Lotus-Fitzgerald Endowment Fund
Lynton K. and Helen W. Caldwell Fund
Mary Lou Miller Fund (for Bloomington-Posoltega Committee of Sister Cities)
Middle Way House Endowment Fund
Monarch Environmental Education Fund
Monroe County Building Preservation Fund
Monroe County Children Matter! (CAPE)
Monroe County Fair Association
Monroe County Historical Society Museum Fund
Monroe County Humane Association Fund
Monroe County Public Library Foundation Fund
Monroe County United Ministries Fund
New Philanthropists Fund
Olcott Youth Scholars Fund for Bloomington Parks & Recreation Foundation
Partners for Places Fund for the City of Bloomington
Presidents Endowment for the Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington
Quindearia G. Courson Fund
Reva and Jack Shiner Endowed Fund for the Bloomington Playwrights Project
Richland Bean Blossom Community School Foundation Endowment
R. Keith Michael and Marion Bankert Michael Fund
Roland E. Kohr Fund for Martha’s House
Sassafras Audubon Society Fund
South Central Community Action Program Fund
Sue Jones Fund (for educational support of Kappa Kappa Gamma)
Susan A. Moke Fund for the Writing for a Change Foundation of Bloomington, Inc.
Switchyard Park Endowment Fund (for Bloomington Parks Foundation)
Theodore H. Appleton Fund (for Monroe County Humane Society)
The Sycamore Land Trust, Inc. Stewardship Endowment Fund
T.I.S.-Tichenor Endowment for Stone Belt
United Way of Monroe County Community Care Fund
Viola Taliaferro Fund for Restorative Justice (for Community Justice and Mediation Center)
Volunteers In Medicine Fund
Waldman Art Fund
WFHB Endowment Fund
Windfall Dancers Inc. Endowment Fund
WonderLab Fund
YMCA Fund
Youth Services Bureau Fund

Like other charities, the Community Foundation is strengthened by diverse revenue sources, including operating endowments. Income from these funds supports our work across the community in partnering with donors, area leaders, businesses and nonprofit organizations. Gifts to our operating endowments enable us to continue making a difference by connecting caring people, important causes and community resources throughout Monroe County. When not needed for such purposes, this income may be added to the strategic grantmaking pool.

Community Foundation Board of Directors Fund
General Operating Endowment
Scott Walters Fund for the Community Foundation

Scholarship funds can be used to support students across the spectrum of educational attainment. The minimum gift required to establish a scholarship fund is $40,000. Specialized rules and procedures govern scholarship funds and we encourage interested donors to contact the Community Foundation to learn more.

Carl Deal Jr. Scholarship Fund
Edgewood High School Dollars for Scholars
Galen Dolby Christian Legacy Scholarship Fund
JP Morgan Chase Bank Scholarship Fund
Judy Talley Scholarship Fund
Maurice E. and Frances Harding Endwright Scholarship Fund
Monroe County Ag Day Scholarship
Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club Betty Burnett Welke Scholarship Fun
Smithville Technology Scholarship Fund
Stinesville Alumni Scholarship Fund
Tom Moeller Memorial Scholarship Fund

Branch Non-Permanent Fund for Monroe County Humane Association
Fred Seward Nature Preserve Fund
Housing Trust Fund
Monroe County CASA
Monroe County Fair Association Fund
Never Lose Hoop Fund
Renewable Energy Fund
Reva and Jack Shiner Fund for Bloomington Playwright’s Project